# What's all this then? (fruit contains fruit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627 "2012-05-11T17:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/21 "2012-05-11T22:46:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Now we’ve cleared up this mystery, maybe someone can figure out what you do with a drunken sailor. 😕 Maybe you’d be drunk too if you saw Chicken on a raft on a Monday morning, oh what a terrible sight to see ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/22 "2012-05-11T23:03:10Z")
The title of this thread (fruit contains fruit) reminds me of the silly notices (as allergy warnings) found on some food containers, such as on a can of tuna: “contains fish”, or peanuts “contains peanuts/nuts”. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/23 "2012-05-11T23:08:30Z")
Ahhh, the mystical limonut! I thought they went extinct simultaneously with the brontosaurus and Pluto. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/24 "2012-05-11T23:31:58Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > My concern is actually with a bunch of bananas I just found. I can’t quite tell if it’s a six-foot, seven-foot, or eight-foot bunch, but I’m pretty sure it contains a highly deadly black tarantula. Yeah, I don’t have any bananas, not today at least. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/25 "2012-05-12T00:01:59Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Doesn’t anyone have any peaches? I’ve always wanted to really shake a tree. I’ve heard there’s an island way out in the seas where babies grow on trees. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/26 "2012-05-12T00:07:18Z")
Now lemme get this straight…You put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up? Where do baby trees fit in? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/27 "2012-05-12T02:45:22Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > My concern is actually with a bunch of bananas I just found. I can’t quite tell if it’s a six-foot, seven-foot, or eight-foot bunch, but I’m pretty sure it contains a highly deadly black tarantula. _Deo volente_, you’ll never need to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/28 "2012-05-12T05:18:35Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Now lemme get this straight…You put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em both up? Where do baby trees fit in? They should fit nicely over in the corner. Let me see if I can get my aunt to move them there. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/29 "2012-05-12T06:25:41Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Why would someone do this? Because one is the loneliest number. But it turns out two can be as bad as one. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/30 "2012-05-12T07:13:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Because one is the loneliest number. > > But it turns out two can be as bad as one. Well, it\* does \*take two, baby. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/31 "2012-05-12T12:34:08Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Well, it\* does \*take two, baby. Ok, a little off the rails here. 1. Gay is the wrong kind of fruit for this thread 2. Marvin Gaye wasn’t actually gay, hence not a fruit. If you need a moment to reflect you should ride this big black horse to that cherry tree over there in the middle of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/32 "2012-05-12T13:57:30Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > My concern is actually with a bunch of bananas I just found. I can’t quite tell if it’s a six-foot, seven-foot, or eight-foot bunch… Have you tried tallying them? Or maybe get a professional to do it for you? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/33 "2012-05-12T16:44:42Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > If you need a moment to reflect you should ride this big black horse to that cherry tree over there in the middle of nowhere. I’ve been riding my horse out here in the desert. But at least it’s not raining. And there’s nobody around to bother us and we don’t use names. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/34 "2012-05-12T18:25:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve been riding my horse out here in the desert. But at least it’s not raining. And there’s nobody around to bother us and we don’t use names. But is there anyone to give you pain? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/35 "2012-05-12T18:56:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > But is there anyone to give you pain? I got no response upon announcing myself. _“I am,”_ I said – to no one there – and no one heard at all. Not even the _ **chair.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/36 "2012-05-12T20:10:26Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I got no response upon announcing myself. _“I am,”_ I said – to no one there – and no one heard at all. > > Not even the _ **chair.** _ Perhaps you should buy a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner’s pies, and set off on an interurban bus, since it appears that you are lost between two shores. (Just be careful not to end up on any Brooklyn roads, especially bon a September morn!) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/37 "2012-05-12T20:40:24Z")
On a September Morn, cherries sure got the way to groove me. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/38 "2012-05-12T22:25:50Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Ok, a little off the rails here. > > 1. Gay is the wrong kind of fruit for this thread > 2. Marvin Gaye wasn’t actually gay, hence not a fruit. > > If you need a moment to reflect you should ride this big black horse to that cherry tree over there in the middle of nowhere. Well, yeah, but then I’d have to bake a pie for that darned Billy. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/39 "2012-05-13T00:17:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Have you tried tallying them? Or maybe get a professional to do it for you? I’m a professional. But I only count potatoes. One potato, two potato, three potato…four! Five potato, six potato, seven potato…More! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627/40 "2012-05-13T00:39:18Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Well, yeah, but then I’d have to bake a pie for that darned Billy. So are you too young to leave your mother? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-all-this-then-fruit-contains-fruit/621627.md?page=3)